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Dame Caroline Dinenage vs Seema Malhotra

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport
vs
Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Dame Caroline Dinenage and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,310 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,250 different votes 1,310 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
18 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
61 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 105 shared votes
48 Aye 57 No
15 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
900
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
941
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£285,728
26% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading 28 Apr 2025
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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